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ROBERT S. CARE, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,764, dated October 6, 1865.

Application filed December 13, 1884. Serial No. 150,236.

section of the same on line a of Fig. 1; Fig..

3, a perspective view of one end of the rakehead, and Fig. 4 a plan of the attaching end of one of the rake-teeth.

In the drawings, A represents the rake-head, of wood; B, the flanged caps at the ends of the rake-head; G, the wheels; D, a top rib on the back edge of the rake-head; E, the side pieces of the front frame hinged to the rake-head and prolonged forward to form the shafts, if shafts are desired; F, the hinges or pivots uniting the side frame-pieces to the rake-head; G, cross-pieces of the front frame; H, the usual hammer-strap, I, the seat; J, a seatsupporting piece reaching from the seat diagonally downward and obliquely sidewise into engage went over the rear cross'piece and under the front cross-piece; K, forward extremities of framepiece E, in case a tongue is desired instead of shafts; L, the usual toggle and lever mechanism for rocking the rake-head when the rake is to be dumped; M, a longitudinal groove in the front edge of the rake-head; N, notches leading from the upper surface of the rakehead to said groove; 0, the rake-teeth; P, a bend at right angles to the side at the attaching end of the rake-teeth; Q, a keeperstrip lying against the front edge of the rakehead and closing the front groove, M R, buttons on the rake-head for retaining the keeperstrip; S, the cleaner-bar; T, the teeth of the cleaner-bar; U, rods from the cleaner-loar into articulating engagement with the seat; V, downwardly-projecting bends in the bars U where they attach to the cleaner-bar; WV, mortises through the top rib of the rake-head.

The rake-teeth are inserted and removed when the keeper-bar is away, the bends I? of the rake-teeth lying in the groove M and the (No model.)

teeth reaching by a slight upward spring through the notches N and rearward through the mortises \V, which latter may be of proper height or of adjustable height for regulating the -drop of the teeth. The pulling strain of the teeth is directly against the back of the groove in the rake-head, and is met by the greatest strength of the rake-head.

The formation of the attaching portions of the teeth is of the simplest character, and the teeth are inserted and removed with peculiar readiness. The keeperbar rests on clips under the rake-head, and is prevented from lifting out of place by the buttons.

The keeper-bar also enters the cappieces B, one of which has a top notch to permit the removal of the keeper-bar.

In case a tongue is to be used instead of shafts the frame-pieces E need only extend to the point K, and the tongue is to be bolted to the cross-pieces cent-rally, the obliquity of the seat-support permitting the tongue to occupy a central position upon the cross-pieces without interfering with the central position of the seat.

The dumping motion of the rake is efl'ected in the usual manner and by the usual means, as will be obvious from the drawings.

The cleaner-bar is suspended by the rods from the seat, though obviously the point of suspension may be in some constructions of framing apart from the seat.

The rods U normally rest upon the top rib of the rakehead, and thus hold the cleaner teeth free from projection between the raketeeth; but when the rake-teeth are lifted in dumping the rake the cleaning-teeth enter, as usual, between the rake-teeth and serve in clearing the load.

The downward bends V of the rods serve as additional cleaner-teeth.

I claim as my invention- 1. The cleaner-bar, the suspending rods thereof, and the rocking rake-head provided with arear top rib bearing directly against and supporting the suspending rods andadapted to move away from the rods as the rake-head rocks, combined and arran ed to operate sub stantially as set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the rake-head A, having the outwardlyopening groove Min its front face and to end of the rake-head and removably sethe notches N, leading through the upper cured against the front edge of the rake-head shore of said gfoove, tho rake-teeth with anand closing said groove.

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retainerover the teeth at the rear of the take 1 J. \V. SEE, head, and the keeper-bar Q, reaching from end 1 WV. A. SEWARD. 

